Examples of reconnaissance in a Sentence

There are two helicopters available for reconnaissance. They did a reconnaissance of the enemy's position.

Recent Examples on the Web The worst of these occurred in 2001, when a Chinese fighter jet collided with a US Navy reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea. — Brad Lendon, CNN, 1 June 2022 Separately, a Russian IL-20 reconnaissance plane was spotted flying off the northern Japanese coast. — Fox News, 26 May 2022 Smoky’s work saved approximately 250 ground crewmen from having to move around 40 U.S. fighters and reconnaissance planes, while a construction detail dug up the taxiway. — Brenda Cain, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2022 Ships, including one of Russia’s biggest missile cruisers, were spotted by a Norwegian Air Force reconnaissance plane along its northern coast on Tuesday, the newspaper reported. — Bloomberg.com, 27 Jan. 2022 North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, told a Workers’ Party meeting last year that his government had completed the design of a military reconnaissance satellite. — New York Times, 21 June 2022 Ukrainian military intelligence officials said there's no immediate danger, despite constant military activity and intensifying reconnaissance by Belarus near the border. — Yuriy Zaliznyak, ABC News, 12 July 2022 The artillery reconnaissance officer from the National Guard Rapid Reaction Brigade, a major with a red beard who gave the first name of Denys, says that was achieved at a high cost. — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2022 The reconnaissance stage is generally a passive process. — Ali Davachi, Forbes, 6 July 2022 See More

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“Reconnaissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconnaissance. Accessed 16 Aug. 2022.

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